News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library November 1957

Vol. J.l No. 5
A LEAVE-TAKING
HARD TO ANNOUNCE _
NEWS
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LOS ANGELES COlJNTY PUBLIC: 1,..IBRARY ~
322 a. BROADWAY P.O. Box 111 '' LDB ANGELE& !53,, CALIF'DRNIA
. I
November 1957
Sudden, difficult a,id frustating are the problems
confronting the County Library in its~ ef£o~t to
serve an area that is building up to ,t~e combustion
point, daily becomiag more complex and demanding. Throu.gh , the years,
from Depression days to World .War II and post-war recovery, adjustments
have been necessary in the interest of the work program • . Nowhere have
they been heavier than in the realm of personnel. There, the human1 .
aspects of administration, the advisin~Jo counselling, recruiting, ·.;
iaterpretiag of policy and explaining of p~o~edure 0 have. been ba~dle4
by Marian Hayes with a quiet poise, ·tact and.dignity that is the ad­miration
of the staff. She has also given time and valued thought to
the budget and the annual report. At her busy des~ the questions and
problems of Central and staff members have been patiently heard and
cleared. Ber desk has been "buffer" and ,"shock absorber" between ad• ,··'
ministration and staff', Library and Civil Service. · .
Letters0 memos,· telephone Cfllls and interviews ,
involving Ubrary affairs and private problems of staff members, some
brief and simple, others difficult and far- reachingll have been the grist
of her daily activity. With all she has dealt understandingly and
sympathetically. She •ow feels that the time bas .come for her to retire,
not to a status of leisur:e, but to another type of library work.
~ -- -In- an1tolHlci-11g--this I n nrrbes taf to- inow ow
difficult it is to accept this decision and how futOe to. ~ttempt to give
full recognition to the contribution.s ~rs .. Hayes ha(made in her day to
day work, both at the policy level and ' i n' carrying through the manifold
aspects of the Reorganization plan.
After 32 years of devoted0 unselfish service, in
which she has contributed to the growth a~d deveiopment of the .Library .
aad staff, she has decided to accept a position .in the D9ctors' Library,,
Children's Hospita~. ~ ·
'\
I know the staff shares my regret at losing
Mrs. Hayes. I also know sh~ goes to her new posi tioa wi.th the )}est
Wishes of all.
- J. D. H.
EVENTS INSPlRE
THANKS GIVINGS
Other happenings, however, ushered in a share of the
Thanksgiving spirit this November., Among the events-­which
we are happily thankful took place--was the open­ing
of the new };>ranch building at Newhall, begun last January 17., and then
unavoidably halted for some weelrn by a sti-ike in the building trades;
ground breaking for another structure, the one at Lakewood, which is hoped trvi 11
be ready for occupaney by early spri11g; selection and lease of a building,
now being constructed, in which the lon~; planned branch for La :Mirada
will be housed; and the 8th Harvest Book Breakfast, attended by 325
librarians and library friends ., which ran the gamut of stimulatinu authoi:.­talk,
from exciting space travel predictions to thought-provoking
evaluations of man's struugle to retain individuality.
NEWHALL Ceremonies directed by Supervisor Warren M. Dorn and
BOWS IN Mr. Henderson presented the new $134,793 library, ~t
22704 West Ninth Street, to the residents of Newhall
on the afternoon of November 13. Encor.~pa ssing 4, 600 square feet, the
building has adequate space for a collection of close to 19,000 books
and is designed to permit cxpansLn when future need arises. Frame
stucco in most of its construction~ it has a large panel of handsome blue
mosaic tile on a portion of the ~ inth Street facade. The flooring is of
beige asphalt tile, the interior walls are grayish green. One wall
provides display space for art exhibits and a showing by local talent was
in place for opening day,. Outside. a pool close to the entrance adds
decoration and offers a cool entrance to the building.
Mrs. Rose Buddell, Newhall branch librarian, reported
that on opening day she circulated 195 books, 250 the next,and 140 the
third. At the old location. she said, a daily circulation of 100 books
"meant a big day and it didn't happen very often." New registrants had
not been tabulated but she said they numbered "well over a hundred ... "
She added, "Practically everyone in Newhall has stopped in for inspection
and everyone is thrilled, just thrilled."
LAKEWO<D
STARTED
Work on the Lakewood branch began November 13, when
ground was broken for it and two other County
buildings. a Sheriff's Station and a Health Center
in Lakewood's new Civic Center. Cost of the library, funds for which
were set up in the last two budgets. is estimated at $146,866. The
library is to have floor area of 6. 105 squ~re feet, book capacity of
38,000 volumes and is to be air-conditioned throughout. Mr. Geller
has predicted. "A late Spring opening if no unforseen delays develop."
IA MIRADA BRANCH
REALITY AT ~ST
Library-conscious residents of La Mirada should be
enjoying their branch library not later than March,
1958. Lease of a store in a building now under
construction in the new La Mirada Business Center was approved by the
Board of Supervisors November 26. The library will be large9 4,500
square feet, sufficjent space to adequately house 20,000 volumes,
which will be provided as soon as possible. Intensive search for a
suitable site for this library has been going on for two years. Last
March residents of the area organized a Friends of the La Mirada
Library. They have sponsored several book drives. The new branch will
be in Region V, under the supervision of Regional Librarian Corinne
Wicks.
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BREAKFAST BROKE This year's Harvest Book Breakfast, Nqvember 20, Statler
SEVERAL RECORDS Hotel, set several records. It drew the largest attea-dance,
325. It was beset by more last-minute hurdles
(all sucessfully surmounted) than any prior Breakfast6 It presented an
author as timely as the in-coming space Age, itself. He is science-fiction
wr.iter Ray Bradbury, who ·predicted, without a quibble, that man
will be on the Moon in ten years, on Mars in twenty five. It presented four
other writers, three who are first-novel writers, all writing on vastly
different subjects ., all of whom have received critical acclaim for thei r
efforts, and one wdter who is a recognized representative of the most
imj)ortant post•war writiag in France.
Two of the announced guests, playwright aad novelist
John Van Druten, and Chin Y. Lee0 San Francisco newspaper editor, notified
Mrs. Wright just one day before ihe Breakfast they could not attend. A
:recurring heart condition had §ent Mr., Van pruten to hi$~ bed and a call
from New York summoned Mr., Lee for consultation on a stage production
now being fashioned from his boo~.
The two replacements~ however, Margaret Creal and Mrs.
Jessie Bennett Sams 0 who graciously stepped into the empty spots, thrilled
and delighted with their talks and were notable additions to the program •
. A.utbor Creal0 i• private life Mrso Fr~derick Q..
Shafer., wife of the pastor of St.,, Ambrose Episcopal Church, Claremo•~­ls
the author of A.Lesson I• Love., Mrs. Sams0 Negro teacher~ in the Los
bgeles Public Scliools 0 is the author of White Mother. dramatic and
·movi•g story of her childhood. ·
Even as the Breakfast guests were assembliag it
looked for a dreadful moment as though another unavoidable cancellation
was about to happen. Mrs .. Wri.ght received a telephone call that Romai•
Gary bad been in a traffic accident. Bowever0 he came~ slightly late9
with no damage done except to his watch. Ia speakhg of his book, · ·
Roots .of Beave•11 EBglish translation of his latest novel which last
year won a high French literary award, he closed the program with one
of the most thought-provoking speeches ever delivered at the Breakfasts.
Bi-S- book- deals with-t-he-, vanishing-=-A~-1"-i-ca-n- elephan·t0 a species--on- t-he- wa
out so ~hat progress can take over the plains and jungles. Be compared
the dlsappeariag elephants to man's individual rights in our standardized
civilization.
LIBRARY SERVICE
TOLD BY MRS. TERRY
Mrse ~right staged another unf orgetable Breakfast.
Mrsc. Terry~ Regional Services Chief Librarian,
spoke to the East Los Angeles Chamber of Conmerce
early this month on the Library's plans for in­creased
service in that area. Explaining the motive of reorganization as
aa attempt to provide urban instead of the now out-moded rural type of
service, she stressed the Library's long-range plan to replace small.
inadequate branches with fewer large ones, more strategically located,
that will permit larger collections~ increased staffs and longer hours.
A lively question period followed her address~
REPRESENTATIVES AT Miss Ossen, Central Services Chief Li br arian, appointed
DOCUMENTS WORKSHOP Marjorie Lear ned, Mrs ; Marjorie Sheckard and Mrs .
Nellie O':Neill to represent the Library at a Workshop
sponsored by the Documents Committee, California Library Associ ation, at
the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, November 15. Discussions there
dealt with the expanding demands now being made on libraries for more
and more specialized a ssist a n~e in using publications which result from
the federal government research prog?am i n science and technol ogy.
Practic::il i nformation on the scope and availability
of such materials, many not provided by the :federal depository program,
was given by Mrs. Johannn T:1llman, Head, Engineeri ng Library, UCLA, and
a former Tec1rnical reference librn:dan v.ri tll the County Library; Mary
Ryan, Government Publications Room, UCLA; George Tsujimoto, U.S. Armed
Services Technicul Information Agency, and Harold A. Degitz, Supervising
Librarian of the Science and Industry Se1~tion, San Diego Public Library •.
TECHNICAL SERVICES Mrs. Catherine o. MacQuarrie, Technical Services
WILL HOST MEETING Chief Librarian, will play host to the Los Ange les
Area Group of Cat al ogers, an American Library Associ ation
affiliate, at the group's regular meeting Januari.ll. The session
will be held in the Branch Cata log Section, Ferguson Building. Members
will study and examine the Boof{ Catalogs and their method of production.
CULVER CITY BRANCH First sketches by Maurice Fleishman, architect for
IS ONE STEP NEARER the new Culver City branch, we're viewed and ana lysed
late this month by Mr. Henderson and Mr. Geller.
Tentative estimate for t 'lis structure, 6, 900 square feet, larger than any
existing building in the ·.system, is $151,QOO. An informal lounge area,
to be a part of the adult readi ng space, is a new feature for our
branches which Mr. Henderson hopes to incorporate in the building. The
branch will be located in Veterans Memorial Park. It is being built
by Culver City but the Library has agreed to budget for purchase with-in
a five year period. If plans progress without hitches Culver City
should be obtaining books at its new library in the late sunnner of
next year.
WEST. GARDENA
PLANS BRI Gb"TEN
A. second ground-breaking which occurred this month
was cause for further library jubilation. This
happy bit of spading, which took place on November 4,
was the beginning of a new shopping center on the West side of Gardena
Boulevard, North from Monhattan Beach Boulevard to 154th Street.
Library officials are now discussi ng preliminary ideas with owners of
the site for a proposed branch there of 4,000 square feet. The location
would be ideal, Mr. Henderson has said, for service to residents of the
Wes tern part of Gardena and to home-owners in County territory lying
between the city and our Lawndale Branch. Search for the proper site
for the proposed West Gardena Branch, has continued for two years.
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PLANS LOOK UP FOR An equally long search for a site for the West
WEST COVINA ALSO Covina Regional headquarters building also seems
neariag an end.. That community has announced
intention of shortly constructing a Ci vie Center., . "We would like to be
ia it aad hope to negotiate to that effect as soon as possible.,'\ Mr.
Henderson has said ~ Plans for the building have matured to the point
where an architect has been engaged. He is Maurice Fleishman,
designer of the new Culver City branch. Though appropriatio~ for the new
buildiag has not yet been set up it is expected to be covered in the
aext budget. The building will be approximately 12,000 square feet
aad will involve a number of special design problems~
MORE SITE-SEARCH
NEWS AND VIEWS
Search has been started for a new site, with
more space, for the Artesia brancho The present
- b11ildiag11- at 18424 Pioneer Boulevard, provides
only 900 square ~eetn
Possible locations are also being investigated for
a suitable place to house a book collection aad staff large enough to
adequately serve the Carsoa-Keystoae area~ Leases have expired oa both
the Carson aad Keysto~~ buildiags a•d both are being rented oa a month­f.
o-month basis. KeystoneQ which last year circulated 279051 books. bas
oaly 632 square feet i• which to operate. Carson, oaly slightly larger,
850 square feet, had a circulatioa of 37Q.17l.:i The Library is looking
for a building of at least 4c000 square feet to replace the two tiny
iaadequate branches.,
It is hopeithat a decision may soon be reached
oa a headquarters buildiag for Region II~ now housed in the Lennox
b~aacll. Iaglewood ci.ty officials may enl arge t he Inglewood branch
buildiag, which the city owns, for that purpose.,, There is also a
possibility that regional headquarters may be included in plans for a
new Hawthorne branch building. Mr., Henderson met with the Inglewood
City ·council last week for a discussion of the matter.
~ NEW _BEIL 13BANCH Preli.mi_nary_ ~ketches e new BeJl_br.an.che ~~-
IN FtRsr S!AGES designed by the arc)Jitects Risley & Gould 11
were presented this month to the Bell City Council,
and viewed by Mr., Henderson and Mr., Geller.. The library· is beipg built
by the City of 'Bell in its new Civic Ce ter.. It will encompas' 5,400
square feet of ground area ..
EAsr LOS ANGELES Lease on the building used by the East Los
LEASE RENEWED Angeles Branch was renewed this month for a two-year
period~ but with the signing of the contract
came agreement for several improvements to be made innediately.
Additional fluorescent lights are to be installed in stack and adult
reading areas. Interior of the building is to be repainted in CQlors
selected by the Libr~ry acd four new heaters are to be installede
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MOBILIBRARIES
WILL ROLL SOON
Orders wereplaced this month for three new
Mobilibraries, two replacements, one an addition
to the fleet of five we now operate. The
additional one will be routed over new territory in the Antelope Valley
aad one of the replacements will also be in that area~ The other re­placement
is for the La Puente Valley. Each of the new bookmobiles will
carry a stock of 1-600 volumes~
CLOSING PLANS
HAVE CHANGED
Five small branches, Bandini, Bella Vista.
Belvedere, Maravilla and Stephenson will continue
operation at their present locations at least
to the end of the present fiscal year~June 30,. The lease on Mnravilla
expired this month, that on Stephenson will expire next month, but
rental of both will be continued on a month-to-month basis as is now
being done on the buildings that house Bandini and Belvedere. When
the branches are closed service will be available to residents of the
area from larger, better equipped buildings and rnobilibrariesi>
AN<JIHER BREAKFAST
MAKES NEWS TOO
Mr .. Henderson, annual impress;:irio of the Authors'
Breakfast which winqs,-up the Death Valley '49 ers
Encampment, presented a panel this year of eight
veteran Western historians who spoke to a gathering of more than 200. The
author-speakers were: Dr" Edmundo C,. Jaeger, one of the foremost
naturalists of the Southwest; History Professor LeRoy R. Hafen, Brigham
Young University, Utah, and his wife and collaborator, Mrso Ann W~ Hafenc
Paul 0., Bailey, founder-owner of the Westernlore Press; Mrso Erma Pierson,
desert authority; Nell Murbarger, "ghost town" expert~ Dr,. Aubrey V.. NeashamQ
State Department of Natural Resources; and L~ Burr Beldenv President of the
'49ers<,
At the Encampment's Burro Flapjack Sweepstakes 11
Supervisor John Anson Ford gave a diverting account of the role played
by the donkey in Death Valley history"
NEW BRANCH WAS
MOVIE LOCALE
The new Manhattan Beach branch was the locale for
a motion picture documentary made as a ~ooi for
instructing elementary school classes in the use of
libraries,. The branch was chosen for the purpose by the Pat Dowling
Pictures Company, a firm that specializes in films of an educational
nature for schools and industry ~ Shooting took place on Columbus Day
when the branch was not open for public serviceo The Library is to
receive a copy of the film0 A Treasure in Booksj as a reward for
cooperatioh,.
SCIENCE BOOKLISTS Miss Ossen has announced that booklists for adults,
FOR THREE AGE LEVELS young adults and children, calling attention to the
latest and best in new scienti fic publications
purchased by the Library, will be compiled as soon as possible by the subject
specialists in the Book Selection Unit*
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REPORT FROM 'mE
REGIONAL CIRCUIT
Mrs.Vesta Bruner. Regional Librarian, Region VII,
(El Monte), reports November was a big "book week"
for the branches in her area. A total of 866 new
titles were received at regional headquarters during the first three weeks
of the month and have been routed to the various branches. Checking with the
list of national best sellets as published in the November 18 issue of
Publishers Weekly she said she "was pleased to note" that the Region has
"in quantity" seven of the ten listed titles and was momentarily expecting the
eighth. The two remaining titles were not purchased. "Fewer and fewer com­plaints
are now made by patrons on the length of time they must wait for
best sellers,~ she said.
She and her staff are now working on the Regional
badget~ _ analysing ~ersonnel and e uiptment needs.
Mrs. Deborah B. Wilds 0 Regional Librarian0 Region lit
(Lennox) completed the inventory of book stocks in all branches in her area
during the month. She gave a series of book talks and reviews to YWCA and
PTA groups in the Centinela Valley and in Inglewoodo
Mrs • .Dorothy Jamieson, Regional Librarian, Region III,
(Torrance), spoke to the El Nido School PTA on November 13, a-nd to the
Hollywood-Rivera PTA on Nqvember 20 on the history of Torrance. In both
iastances she was presented as the authoritative historian of the communitye
She described the area as it was when she first saw it in 1912, a bean field
on the old Domiaguez Rancho, and as it looked the following year when the
first homes were opened in the plot, down to its present status, as an All
America Award City. The 'Award was made last year. Mrs. Jamieson ha11 been
with the Library since 1931.
Her staff, too, is deeply engrossed in budget study.
Corinne Wicks, Regional Librarian, Region V~ (Norwalk),
presented Miss Ossen at a Regional meeting in her area 0 for a discussi on of
the Library's book selection policy and mecha•ies involved in ordering and
reeei-v-lng- book-s. ' t-hi-n-k e-very- 1-i-bra-ry- worke-r • n- t-he- area -ow--u-nde-r-s-t-and
more fully the improvements hoped for under reorganization," Miss Wicks said., -r-
CHIU>REN'S WORID
IN THE LIBRARY
Mrs. Amstell, Coordinator of Work with Children0 Regional
Services, introduced the newly appointed Region VII
Children's Librarian, Mrs. _&Jayo Short, at the Children is
Book Review Meeting November 27. A graduate of the School of Library Science11
University of Southern California, Mrs. Short has served as School Librarian for
the Hudson School District and as Children's Librarian with the Los Angeles
Public Library.
Mrsi. Mary K. Pierson0 appointed last month~ has been
named Children's Librarian for Region V. She, too11 has worked as Children's
Librarian with the Los Angeles Public Libraryo
Region II already has a Children°s Librarian, Mrs.,
Barbara Melnick.
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The only thing holding up similar appointments for
the other Regions, Mrs. Terry said, is a dearth of qualified applicants, as
such positions have been allowed in the current budget.
Mrs. Melnick talked to the Ramona Avenue PTA,
November 14, on Beginning to Know Children '.s Books, and earlier in the
month spoke to the El Rivera School PTA on What You Put In Your Child's
Mind Is As Important As What You Put In His Stomach.· -- - · · ·
Mrs • . Melnick and Mrs. -Wilds also met with the
faculty of Las Virgenes Union School District for a discussion of library
service presently available and plans for extended service in the future.
Mrs. Short spoke to a group of forty-fi.ve El Monte
clubwomen on Choosing The Right Books For Children.
Mrs. Pierson gave a library and book talk to
members of the Catherine Edwards Junior High PTA November 19.
Mrs. Sarah L. Moody, Children's Librarian, Compton
branch, gave a motion picture show for her First to Seventh Grade patrons
November 23. She had an audience of seventy-five. The' event had been
publicised with posters, drawn by one of her Young Adult patrons, that
were placed in community store windows. Mrs: Moody is now planning a
Holiday Story party for December 12.
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Alice Stjernquist, Children '·s Book Specialist in
the Book Selection Unit, held a story hour for juvenile patrons of the
Friendly Hills branch. The branch will shortly receive a siz~ble addition
to its juvenile volumes, gifts made possible by a $100 check from the
American Association of University Women and another $100 check from the
East Whittier Junior Women's Club. Both organizations specified their
gifts were to go to Friendly Hills. Mrs. Amstell and Miss Stjernquist
made the title selections last weeko
SERVICE AWARDS
EARNED. BY TWO
Calvin J. Phillips, head of the Property & Trans­portation
·oivision, and Maur.ice L. Casey, driver
of the Malibu Mobilibrary, received their thirty­year
service awards November 8 in County ceremonies at Descanso Gardens.
Their service pins were presented by Supervisor Kenneth Hahn.
ALICE STJERNQUIST Alice Stjernquist resigned this month, effective
TO LEAVE IN DECEMBER December 13. She will join the staff of the San
Bernardino County Free Library as bookmobile
librarian. She has been a me.mber of the staff since August, 1954. Best
wishes of the staff go with her in her new position.
BOOK-BUYING LEAFLET
WILL BE REPRINTED
Any branch wishing an added supply of the leaflet
titled What Kind of Books Does the County Library
Buy? may now place orders as a supply item.
IMPORTAN.r--WANTED!
The Library is desperately searching for a qualified Hospital Librarian.
Applicants must be graduates of accredited library schools, and have bad one
year hospital library experience.
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Vol. J.l No. 5
A LEAVE-TAKING
HARD TO ANNOUNCE _
NEWS
.... ~ , .. t .
LOS ANGELES COlJNTY PUBLIC: 1,..IBRARY ~
322 a. BROADWAY P.O. Box 111 '' LDB ANGELE& !53,, CALIF'DRNIA
. I
November 1957
Sudden, difficult a,id frustating are the problems
confronting the County Library in its~ ef£o~t to
serve an area that is building up to ,t~e combustion
point, daily becomiag more complex and demanding. Throu.gh , the years,
from Depression days to World .War II and post-war recovery, adjustments
have been necessary in the interest of the work program • . Nowhere have
they been heavier than in the realm of personnel. There, the human1 .
aspects of administration, the advisin~Jo counselling, recruiting, ·.;
iaterpretiag of policy and explaining of p~o~edure 0 have. been ba~dle4
by Marian Hayes with a quiet poise, ·tact and.dignity that is the ad­miration
of the staff. She has also given time and valued thought to
the budget and the annual report. At her busy des~ the questions and
problems of Central and staff members have been patiently heard and
cleared. Ber desk has been "buffer" and ,"shock absorber" between ad• ,··'
ministration and staff', Library and Civil Service. · .
Letters0 memos,· telephone Cfllls and interviews ,
involving Ubrary affairs and private problems of staff members, some
brief and simple, others difficult and far- reachingll have been the grist
of her daily activity. With all she has dealt understandingly and
sympathetically. She •ow feels that the time bas .come for her to retire,
not to a status of leisur:e, but to another type of library work.
~ -- -In- an1tolHlci-11g--this I n nrrbes taf to- inow ow
difficult it is to accept this decision and how futOe to. ~ttempt to give
full recognition to the contribution.s ~rs .. Hayes ha(made in her day to
day work, both at the policy level and ' i n' carrying through the manifold
aspects of the Reorganization plan.
After 32 years of devoted0 unselfish service, in
which she has contributed to the growth a~d deveiopment of the .Library .
aad staff, she has decided to accept a position .in the D9ctors' Library,,
Children's Hospita~. ~ ·
'\
I know the staff shares my regret at losing
Mrs. Hayes. I also know sh~ goes to her new posi tioa wi.th the )}est
Wishes of all.
- J. D. H.
EVENTS INSPlRE
THANKS GIVINGS
Other happenings, however, ushered in a share of the
Thanksgiving spirit this November., Among the events-­which
we are happily thankful took place--was the open­ing
of the new };>ranch building at Newhall, begun last January 17., and then
unavoidably halted for some weelrn by a sti-ike in the building trades;
ground breaking for another structure, the one at Lakewood, which is hoped trvi 11
be ready for occupaney by early spri11g; selection and lease of a building,
now being constructed, in which the lon~; planned branch for La :Mirada
will be housed; and the 8th Harvest Book Breakfast, attended by 325
librarians and library friends ., which ran the gamut of stimulatinu authoi:.­talk,
from exciting space travel predictions to thought-provoking
evaluations of man's struugle to retain individuality.
NEWHALL Ceremonies directed by Supervisor Warren M. Dorn and
BOWS IN Mr. Henderson presented the new $134,793 library, ~t
22704 West Ninth Street, to the residents of Newhall
on the afternoon of November 13. Encor.~pa ssing 4, 600 square feet, the
building has adequate space for a collection of close to 19,000 books
and is designed to permit cxpansLn when future need arises. Frame
stucco in most of its construction~ it has a large panel of handsome blue
mosaic tile on a portion of the ~ inth Street facade. The flooring is of
beige asphalt tile, the interior walls are grayish green. One wall
provides display space for art exhibits and a showing by local talent was
in place for opening day,. Outside. a pool close to the entrance adds
decoration and offers a cool entrance to the building.
Mrs. Rose Buddell, Newhall branch librarian, reported
that on opening day she circulated 195 books, 250 the next,and 140 the
third. At the old location. she said, a daily circulation of 100 books
"meant a big day and it didn't happen very often." New registrants had
not been tabulated but she said they numbered "well over a hundred ... "
She added, "Practically everyone in Newhall has stopped in for inspection
and everyone is thrilled, just thrilled."
LAKEWO
ANREN'S WORID
IN THE LIBRARY
Mrs. Amstell, Coordinator of Work with Children0 Regional
Services, introduced the newly appointed Region VII
Children's Librarian, Mrs. _&Jayo Short, at the Children is
Book Review Meeting November 27. A graduate of the School of Library Science11
University of Southern California, Mrs. Short has served as School Librarian for
the Hudson School District and as Children's Librarian with the Los Angeles
Public Library.
Mrsi. Mary K. Pierson0 appointed last month~ has been
named Children's Librarian for Region V. She, too11 has worked as Children's
Librarian with the Los Angeles Public Libraryo
Region II already has a Children°s Librarian, Mrs.,
Barbara Melnick.
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The only thing holding up similar appointments for
the other Regions, Mrs. Terry said, is a dearth of qualified applicants, as
such positions have been allowed in the current budget.
Mrs. Melnick talked to the Ramona Avenue PTA,
November 14, on Beginning to Know Children '.s Books, and earlier in the
month spoke to the El Rivera School PTA on What You Put In Your Child's
Mind Is As Important As What You Put In His Stomach.· -- - · · ·
Mrs • . Melnick and Mrs. -Wilds also met with the
faculty of Las Virgenes Union School District for a discussion of library
service presently available and plans for extended service in the future.
Mrs. Short spoke to a group of forty-fi.ve El Monte
clubwomen on Choosing The Right Books For Children.
Mrs. Pierson gave a library and book talk to
members of the Catherine Edwards Junior High PTA November 19.
Mrs. Sarah L. Moody, Children's Librarian, Compton
branch, gave a motion picture show for her First to Seventh Grade patrons
November 23. She had an audience of seventy-five. The' event had been
publicised with posters, drawn by one of her Young Adult patrons, that
were placed in community store windows. Mrs: Moody is now planning a
Holiday Story party for December 12.
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Alice Stjernquist, Children '·s Book Specialist in
the Book Selection Unit, held a story hour for juvenile patrons of the
Friendly Hills branch. The branch will shortly receive a siz~ble addition
to its juvenile volumes, gifts made possible by a $100 check from the
American Association of University Women and another $100 check from the
East Whittier Junior Women's Club. Both organizations specified their
gifts were to go to Friendly Hills. Mrs. Amstell and Miss Stjernquist
made the title selections last weeko
SERVICE AWARDS
EARNED. BY TWO
Calvin J. Phillips, head of the Property & Trans­portation
·oivision, and Maur.ice L. Casey, driver
of the Malibu Mobilibrary, received their thirty­year
service awards November 8 in County ceremonies at Descanso Gardens.
Their service pins were presented by Supervisor Kenneth Hahn.
ALICE STJERNQUIST Alice Stjernquist resigned this month, effective
TO LEAVE IN DECEMBER December 13. She will join the staff of the San
Bernardino County Free Library as bookmobile
librarian. She has been a me.mber of the staff since August, 1954. Best
wishes of the staff go with her in her new position.
BOOK-BUYING LEAFLET
WILL BE REPRINTED
Any branch wishing an added supply of the leaflet
titled What Kind of Books Does the County Library
Buy? may now place orders as a supply item.
IMPORTAN.r--WANTED!
The Library is desperately searching for a qualified Hospital Librarian.
Applicants must be graduates of accredited library schools, and have bad one
year hospital library experience.
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